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Native Web Development (apache, PHP and mySQL) on Mac OSX Leopard post thumbnail

Native Web Development (apache, PHP and mySQL) on Mac OSX Leopard

If you’re a web developer and you’re on a Mac, you’re probably using MAMP or XAMPP for your all in one apache + PHP + mySQL need. But did you know that your Mac system is already a web server by default installation? Utilizing the native web server, you can save yourself from downloading stuffs you don’t need.

It is not as complicated as you think. Given that Macs are descendants of *nix system, it already has apache2 and PHP module built in, we only need to activate those two and install mySQL. Here’s how.

May 22nd, 2009 in Mac, Tips and Tricks, Webdev by anima 13 Comments
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Tweaking Safari 4’s Hidden Preferences

Okay, who else thinks Safari 4 is cute and all that, and that it looks like Google Chrome? New look and spanking great new features. Safari 4 has the tab bar on top, fancy URL completion, circular progress bar (instead of the bluish progress bar on the address bar we used to have in the previous version) and many more.

Some people are excited about the changes, some don’t. I personally can’t get used to the tab bar relocation so I looked for a solution to revert it back. There is the hard way, typing this and that into Terminal app but hey, let’s cheat and use the easier way.

May 4th, 2009 in Mac, Tips and Tricks by anima 1 Comment
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Enable Growl notifications on iChat

Being the default messenger app on Mac, iChat sure is pretty and well integrated to the system. However, unlike AdiumX, iChat does not show Growl notifications (wow I’m speaking alien language aren’t I? Mac users should understand this, I think).

I’m not sure if it’s an iChat issue or Growl issue, but we have a solution :)

April 26th, 2009 in Mac, Tips and Tricks by anima 1 Comment
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GreaseKit – Use GreaseMonkey’s User Scripts in Safari

GreaseMonkey is a very powerful Firefox add-on that lets us make changes to the website we visit on-the-fly by installing user scripts. In human language, that means we have more control over the websites we visit. For example, we can add a ‘download’ link to Youtube video pages and remove annoying quizzes from our Facebook homepage.

Neat innit? The problem is: GreaseMonkey cannot be installed in Safari, Mac OSX’s default browser (and by far my favorite one). Solution: GreaseKit. Here’s how.

April 25th, 2009 in Mac, Tips and Tricks by anima 4 Comments

Tips & Tricks

  • Native Web Development (apache, PHP and mySQL) on Mac OSX Leopard
    It is not as complicated as you think. Given that Macs are descendants of *nix system, it already has apache2 and PHP module built in, we only need to activate those two and install mySQL. Here's how.
  • Coding PHP Loops Easily
    Working with loops on PHP is inevitable, and I've seen many beginners (read: me) pulling their hair because of it. The thing with coding a loop is, sometimes you have to do stuffs like this: <?php for ($i=1; $i < 10; $i++) { echo "<a href=\"something.php?id=$i\">No $i</a>"; } Am I right am I right?
  • How to remove Facebook Quizzes from your home stream
    To hide the quiz, you can either click the hide button and select hide yadayada quiz or simply hide the person, I prefer the latter. But if you don't want to hide the friend but still want to hide the quizzes, facebook Purity saves your day.
  • Tweaking Safari 4’s Hidden Preferences
    Some people are excited about the changes, some don’t. I personally can’t get used to the tab bar relocation so I looked for a solution to revert it back. There is the hard way, typing this and that into Terminal app but hey, let’s cheat and use the easier way.
  • How to save/print a document as PDF
    For Mac users, this is as simple as hitting Command + P and select Save as PDF. Windows users, you are not so lucky, Windows does not have this function built-in. As usual, we're going to have to install a third party application work our way around this limitation. We have a wide range of selection to help overcome the issue, but we're going to use the cheapest and quickest one around: CutePDF Writer.
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